Dotfiles web-search

Web search using DuckDuckGo (free, unlimited). Falls back to pi-web-access extension for content extraction.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/megalithic/dotfiles

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/megalithic/dotfiles "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/home/common/programs/ai/pi-coding-agent/skills/web-search" ~/.claude/skills/megalithic-dotfiles-web-search && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: home/common/programs/ai/pi-coding-agent/skills/web-search/SKILL.md

Web Search

Primary: DuckDuckGo via

ddgr

(free, unlimited, no API key) Content extraction: Use

pi-web-access

extension tools (gemini-search, etc.)

Search (ddgr)

{baseDir}/search.sh "query"                    # Basic search (5 results)
{baseDir}/search.sh "query" -n 10              # More results (max 25)
{baseDir}/search.sh "query" -t w               # Past week
{baseDir}/search.sh "query" -t m               # Past month
{baseDir}/search.sh "query" -w example.com     # Site-specific search

Options

```
-n <num>
```
- Number of results (default: 5, max: 25)
```
-t <span>
```
- Time filter:
```
d
```
(day),
```
w
```
(week),
```
m
```
(month),
```
y
```
(year)
```
-w <site>
```
- Limit to specific site

Content extraction

For full page content (not just snippets), use the

pi-web-access

extension which provides web search and extraction tools directly in the agent.

Output format

--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
URL: https://example.com/page
Snippet: Description from search results

--- Result 2 ---
...

Rate limits

ddgr: None (scrapes DuckDuckGo directly)